# I'm Shocked, SHOCKED to find that drinking is going on in this establishment! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972 "2005-10-19T20:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/1 "2005-10-19T20:23:35Z")
[Anheuser-Busch pulls ‘Bud Pong’ promotion, concerned that some people have been using _beer_ to play the game instead of water](http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2005-10-19-bud-pong_x.htm?csp=34). I don’t believe I’ve ever laughed this hard at a news article. Please, tell me this isn’t some hoax. > [@A-B Spokesperson](#): > > It has come to our attention that despite our explicit guidelines, there may have been instances where this promotion was not carried out in the manner it was intended If you can even imagine. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/2 "2005-10-19T20:28:51Z")
Ahh, that’s funny shit. _wipes tear from eye_ Curious to find more about this “Bud Pong,” I did some research and found this gem of a line: “And it does not promote binge drinking, she said, because official rules call for water to be used, not beer. The hope is that those on the sidelines enjoy a Bud.” (from [here](http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051016/news_1n16drinking.html)) What were they thinking? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/3 "2005-10-19T20:30:45Z")
The mind boggles. They actually expected people to drink water? (Editorial comment about A-B products here) 😃 Riiiiiiight. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/4 "2005-10-19T20:32:43Z")
beer pong (aka Beruit) has and will be around with or without crappy Bud-logo pong tables – it is the backdrop of my wasted you 😃 th. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/5 "2005-10-19T20:39:50Z")
…and A-B’s marketing department scores again, getting the company’s name and product back in the headlines for free. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/6 "2005-10-19T21:00:58Z")
Here’s your beer Capt. Renault. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/7 "2005-10-19T21:08:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The mind boggles. They actually expected people to drink water? (Editorial comment about A-B products here) 😃 > > Riiiiiiight. Would the penultimate line of your “editorial comment” be “like sex in a canoe?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/8 "2005-10-19T21:18:25Z")
Yep. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BuckyDoneGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@BuckyDoneGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckyDoneGun)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/9 "2005-10-20T00:26:50Z")
That makes me think of the time a friend and I bought a deck of cards that had various drinking games printed on them. Displayed on the side of the box was a warning not to play said games with alcoholic beverages. …riiight. ---
**Author:** ![MrShine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@MrShine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrShine)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/10 "2005-10-20T00:51:52Z")
beer or water is all very well but what worries me is the cocktail… Anheuser-Busch is distributing recipe books to encourage bartenders to mix beer cocktails using ingredients like grenadine and tomato juice. oops… forgot how to quote… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/11 "2005-10-20T01:26:38Z")
I actually played this once at some bar when I was visiting a friend in DC during the summer. Imagine our surprise when we find that the glasses were filled with water… however, to offset this disappointment, free beer was offered while playing the game. The rules were terrible as well - not that it mattered too much, it was at least some free beer as far as we were concerned… ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/12 "2005-10-20T04:48:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Players on one team try to sink a ball into another team’s liquid-filled cups. If successful, the opposing team must drink. How do you sink a ping pong ball, whether in water or beer? Do you use darts or something? ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/13 "2005-10-20T05:15:46Z")
> [@MrShine](#): > > beer or water is all very well but what worries me is the cocktail… > > Anheuser-Busch is distributing recipe books to encourage bartenders to mix beer cocktails using ingredients like grenadine and tomato juice. > > oops… forgot how to quote… :smack: Beer and tomato juice cocktail? Where the hell is the barfing smiley when I need it? That is the nastiest mix I’ve heard of in a _long_ time. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/14 "2005-10-20T05:24:48Z")
> [@BooBoo316](#): > > Beer and tomato juice cocktail? Where the hell is the barfing smiley when I need it? That is the nastiest mix I’ve heard of in a _long_ time. Poor man’s Bloody Mary. It’s how my dad got used to the taste of beer when he was younger. My uncle still drinks 'em. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/15 "2005-10-20T06:35:42Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > How do you sink a ping pong ball, whether in water or beer? Do you use darts or something? It’s possible I’m being whooshed, but the ball doesn’t actually have to _sink_ in the liquid. You just have to toss it in. Are you really unfamiliar with the basics of beer pong? Perhaps we should organize a humanitarian mission to bring the game down under. I hear there’s some good brews there. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/16 "2005-10-20T07:10:43Z")
I’d never heard of beer pong before. Sounds like a poor bastardisation of quarters. Not too many parties I go to have ping pong balls at hand. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/17 "2005-10-20T07:26:50Z")
> [@BabaBooey](#): > > Sounds like a poor bastardisation of quarters. Not too many parties I go to have ping pong balls at hand. “Quarters?” Is that something like “Shitty nickels?” ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/18 "2005-10-20T12:05:32Z")
Do people old enough to go to bars actually play beer pong? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/19 "2005-10-20T12:11:22Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > Do people old enough to go to bars actually play beer pong? Beer poong (or, IMO, mroe accuratly called Beruit) is VERY popular in college. Many college kids are 21, and many that aren’t have fakes, or go to bars where they are more lax on checking IDs. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/20 "2005-10-20T12:18:51Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Beer poong (or, IMO, mroe accuratly called Beruit) is VERY popular in college. Many college kids are 21, and many that aren’t have fakes, or go to bars where they are more lax on checking IDs. Yeah, it’s just I tend to think of it as something underage kids do in their dorm rooms. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972.md?page=2)